ANTIMATTER WEAPONS
1. physics/0507139 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: Antimatter underestimated
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer,
Jean-Pierre Hurni
Comments: 3 pages
Subj-class: Physics and Society
Journal-ref: Nature, Vol. 325 (26 February 1987) 754; reprinted in Bulletin of
Peace Proposals, Vol. 19 (1988) 459--460
2. physics/0507132 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: Antimatter weapons (1946-1986): From Fermi and Teller's
speculations to the first open scientific publications
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer,
Jean-Pierre Hurni
Comments: 19 pages, 3 figures, 37 references. Major revision. Important evidence
and one more section added
Subj-class: History of Physics
Journal-ref: The World Scientist (New Delhi, India, 1987) 74--77, and Bulletin
of Peace Proposals, Vol. 19 (Oslo,1988) 444--450
3. physics/0507125 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: Antimatter induced fusion and thermonuclear explosions
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer,
Jean-Pierre Hurni
Comments: 20 pages, 5 figures. Final version with a few updates and corrections
Subj-class: Plasma Physics
Journal-ref: Atomkernenergie - Kerntechnik (Independent Journal on Energy
Systems and Radiation) Vol. 49 (1987) 198--203
4. physics/0507114 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: The physics of antimatter induced fusion and thermonuclear
explosions
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer,
Jean-Pierre Hurni
Comments: 10 pages, 2 figures. First presentation at a conference of the correct
physical processes leading to the ignition of a large scale thermonuclear
explosion using less than a few micrograms of antimatter as trigger. Final
version with a few updates, corrections, and links
Subj-class: Plasma Physics
Journal-ref: in G. Velarde and E. Minguez, eds., Proceedings of the 4th
International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems, Madrid, June
30/July 4, 1986 (World Scientific, Singapore, 1987) 166--169
FOURTH GENERATION NUCLEAR WEAPONS
1. physics/0510071 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons: Military effectiveness and
collateral effects
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer
Comments: 55 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. Abridged version of an invited paper
presented at the 2nd Symposium "Nukleare und radiologische Waffen," INT,
Euskirchen, 20-22 Sept., 2005. Final version with an updated in section 3.1
Subj-class: Physics and Society
2. physics/0510052 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: The B61-based "Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator:" Clever retrofit
or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons?
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer
Comments: 37 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. Several additions, including an
appendix on Young/Sandia penetration equations, and one more figure
Subj-class: Physics and Society
3. physics/0509205 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: From the lab to the battlefield? Nanotechnology and fourth
generation nuclear weapons
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer
Comments: 10 pages. Slightly expaned version with a few additional end-notes and
references
Subj-class: Physics and Society
Journal-ref: Disarmament Diplomacy, No. 67 (October-November 2002) 3-6
4. physics/0301059 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: Depleted-Uranium Weapons: the Whys and Wherefores
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer
Comments: Postface to a book to be published by the Bertrand Russell Foundation,
Final version with acknowledgments, 33 pages
Subj-class: Physics and Society
Journal-ref: in A. Gut, B. Vitale, and P.Low, "Depleted uranium" (Spokesman,
Nottingham, 2003, ISBN 0-85124-685-0) 126--158.
5. physics/0210071 [abs,
ps,
pdf,
other] :
Title: A comparison of delayed radiobiological effects of
depleted-uranium munitions versus fourth-generation nuclear weapons
Authors:
Andre
Gsponer,
Jean-Pierre Hurni,
Bruno
Vitale
Comments: To appear in the Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. of the Yugoslav
Nuclear Society, Belgrade, Sep.30 - Oct.4, 2002, 14 pages, 2 tables. Version 2:
Reference [9] updated
Subj-class: Medical Physics